The Roman Catholic Church will consider stripping Jimmy Savile of his papal
knighthood after a police review confirmed that he was a prolific sex
offender who travelled the country abusing young girls.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said that the knighthood
Savile was granted in 1990 by the late Pope John Paul II “may have to be
reviewed” after the police had considered all the evidence against the dead
star.

The elaborate triple headstone on Savile’s grave in Scarborough, unveiled last
month, is to be dismantled today on the orders of Savile’s relatives.In a
statement they said: